My Favorite (Weird) BookTok Accounts, Plus Some Recs of My Own
I’ve been reading some good books lately, and recommending them to people in my life. Now you can know what I’m out in the world raving about. I love BookTok, but it can get tedious, so I have curated a collection of a few creators who I lovingly refer to as “Weird BookTok,” and they are my source for, well, weird books. I also have some faves who focus on thrillers, my go-to genre for when I want to zone out with an audiobook. Here’s your new follow list:
@bookrvws has a whole series called “Weird Books for Weird Bitches.”
@lauralovesreading has so many thriller recommendations, you’ll run out of Libby holds and have a TBR that goes on forever.
@myreadsbooks was my first “Weird BookTokker” and she’s still my number one. I love the way she describes books and I have read and loved SO many books because of her.
@sydneyyybooks has a fantastic moody setup for her videos, which I think lends an air of legitimacy to her thriller recommendations.
@madisconcanread initially got my attnetion because she mentioned she loves thrillers but gets burnt out because the formula gets predictable and girl, SAME. That alone made me trust her recs.
@novelneighbor is a bookstore that knows exactly how to do social media and book recommendations right.
And now for three books I have been recommending, to anyone who will give me 10 seconds of their attention:
(I’m linking to Amazon because it’s easiest but I’m a library rat and rarely, if ever, buy books. Follow your heart but also may I suggest having 6 library cards?)
Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West by Justin Farrell
This book is fascinating and infuriating and revealing and well reported. Farrell leads the reader to understanding Teton County, Wyoming, the wealthiest country in the country that also has the largest wealth disparity. You think you know what that means, but it is so, so much more extreme than you’re imagining.
Reading Jackal I had the feeling I imagine every horror book is trying to provoke - I was tense, scared, eerily fascinated, and if someone came and tapped me on the shoulder while I was reading my soul would have left my body. I read it in one sitting.
Part of what makes this book stand out, at least for me, is that it’s written by someone who was at the top of the MLM pyramid, and is willing to be very honest about how she got there, what she was thinking at the time, and how she views her actions now. And to save you a Google: Paulson never mentions which MLM she was in, but it’s Rodan + Fields. Plus there’s still a website up (?!) with her and the “team” she was a part of, and you can easily decipher who each person in the book really is (the bios are wild and NEVER mention what they’re selling or who they’re working for!)
